A nurse hologram is being used by Dublin's Tallaght Hospital to remind visitors about the importance of hand hygiene.Visitors to the hospital can expect to receive a unique greeting from the hologram, which is based on an existing staff nurse, Helen Corrigan.The move is part of a new awareness initi... Read more →
A major new DNA mapping project, which aims to discover the causes of motor neurone disease (MND), has been launched in Ireland.MND is the name given to a group of diseases in which there is progressive degeneration of the motor neurones in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurones are the nerve cel... Read more →
Malaria deaths have dropped dramatically since 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.It said cases are falling steadily, thanks to more people being diagnosed and treated, and more people getting bed nets.Yet progress against the mosquito-borne infection remains fragile.West African cou... Read more →
Irish men consume less healthy diets, are less aware of healthy eating guidelines and have a preference for larger portions than Irish women, a new report has found. According to the report, Men's Food Behaviour, which was published by Safefood, men's attitude to food is putting them at a disadvant... Read more →
People who strongly identify with social groups, such as sports clubs or choirs, may have a reduced risk of experiencing mental health problems, two studies have found.Scottish psychologists set out to investigate the link between group identification - a person's sense of belonging to a group - and... Read more →
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is appealing to members of the public to donate blood over the coming weeks.It said it is concerned about its blood supplies during the Christmas and New Year period."Traditionally holiday periods and especially the lead into the Christmas/New Year festivit... Read more →
Over 224,000 people in Ireland are affected by conditions that cause vision loss and this figure is expected to reach 275,000 by 2020, Fighting Blindness has warned.The sight loss charity has launched a new patient guide to support people who have been diagnosed with retinal conditions. The aim of t... Read more →
Obesity may shorten a person's life expectancy by up to eight years and deprive them of almost two decades of healthy life, a new study has found.According to Canadian scientists, obesity-related type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease are to blame.They created a disease-stimulation model to esti... Read more →
The number of people waiting for more than one year for an outpatient appointment to see a neurologist has jumped in recent months, the Neurological Alliance of Ireland (NAI) has warned. Neurological conditions affect the brain and spinal cord and these can include stroke, epilepsy, migraine and ac... Read more →
The babies of women who are overweight or obese during pregnancy have an increased risk of dying, with babies born to severely obese mothers facing the biggest risk, a new study has found. According to Swedish researchers, overweight and obesity are common among women of childbearing age and previo... Read more →
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